American Cancer Society

Kamala T. Green has been an account representative in primary care systems with the American Cancer Society for nine months. It’s a newly created position that came as a result of reorganization in 2013. What does your job entail? My job requires assisting the Federally Qualified Health Centers in Baltimore City to implement tools to increase their screening rates for breast and colorectal cancer. My day is spent assessing and implementing processes that impact the centers’ ability to screen patients around breast and colorectal screenings; linking [them] to resources in the community for free screening opportunities for underinsured and uninsured patients; eliminating health...

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